The two-tier council system in Suffolk could be coming to an end after the government set out plans to scrap it within five years. Suffolk has a county council, four district councils and one ...

Leaders of the five smaller district councils are "united" against the one-council devolution idea. Suffolk County Council is due to take back control of the service, but the plan has met opposition.

Richard Rout (Con), Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for devolution, local government reform and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, said there was “huge opportunity in pulling ...